Day My Faith Grew A Threshold of Decision at Age 16
A reminiscence recounts a 16 year old’s call to ministry after listening to Dr. Lee Scarborough at the First Baptist Church of Enid. The account reflects on vow, training, and the fulfillment found in guiding a congregation toward spiritual growth and a close walk with Christ Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer EF. Gray
First Southern Baptist Church of
Long Beach
First Baptist Church of
Enid, Okla
Lee R. Scarborough
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of
Fort Worth
Schedule for Leadership Training School opens Sept. 25
The Leadership Training School for Christian Education, run by the Long Beach Council of Churches with the Ministerial Union, opens registration Sept. 25. Classes meet Tuesdays 7:30 to 10 p m through Oct. 30 at Lakewood Community Methodist Church. Registration 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. fee 2.50. Courses cover religious teaching and church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadership Training School For Christian Education
Long Beach
Jean Williams
Los Altos'United Church
Atherton St
Ruth Alden
Norwalk
Robert Blankman
First Baptist Church
Santa Richard Cain
Mil Silverado Methodist Church
W. R. Hall
Lakewood Community Church
Carol Hardison
First Congregational Church
William D. Lawrence
Central Garden Baptist Church
Lynwood
Christine DfcAdams
Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church
Murray T. McNeil Jr
Los Altos United
Roe Speaks Here Tonight Evangelist Ted Roe
Evangelist Ted Roe appears at 7:45 p.m. today at Long Beach Youth For Christ in First Brethren Church with wife Gloria as contralto soloist and pianist. Roe has conducted campaigns across America and Europe and traveled more than 150000 miles in two and a half years. He seeks a return to the faith of our fathers after serving as an associate evangelist with Merv Rosell in the American Crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Roe
Long Beach
Youth For Christ
First Brethren
5Th St
Cherry Ave
Gloria
Roe
America
Great Britain
Europe
Merv Rosell
Pastor Appeals To Spare Trees At Unitarian Site
Rev. Jack A. Kent urged residents to spare the site at Atherton Street and Bellflower Avenue where a new Unitarian church will rise on a two and a quarter acre plot. He noted two beefwood trees were cut and a one foot thick branch broken from a eucalyptus tree as crews plan building within weeks, with the landscape already plotted in the architectural drawings. The pastor stressed the trees, some 50 to 60 years old, should be preserved for the neighborhood’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church
Jack A. Kent
Atherton St
Bellflower
Kent
Unitarian
Religious Growth Trends Across American Churches
A historical record shows rising church membership over time. The summary cites percentages with 60.9 percent in 1960, 57 percent in a new statistic, 36 percent in 1900, and less than 20 percent in 1850, reflecting changing religious life across counties and national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
High enrollment Sunday schools reach 35 million in U.S.
The National Council of Churches reports Sunday school enrollment across the United States totals about 35 million, signaling broad participation in religious education and constructive community activity nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Council of Churches
Missionary Farewell For Elder Molter Tonight
A missionary farewell honors Elder Richard Bruce Molter of the Lakewood Ward at 3824 Woodruff Ave. He will serve two and a half years in the Norwegian Mission beginning with entry to the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on Oct 24. Molter, son of Mr and Mrs Albert H Molter, is a Wilson High School graduate class of 1934 who studied at Long Beach City College and Brigham Young University. He will speak at the program with short talks by his father, Richard Anderson, Mickie Giles, and Bishop Clarence J Sirrine. Music will be by Pat Powelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bruce Molter
Lakewood
Woodruff Ave
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Imitssion
Salt Lake City
Utah
Europe
Molter
Albert H. Molter
Chatwin Ave
Wilson High School
Long Beach City College
Brigham Young University
Provo
Richard Anderson
Mickie Giles
Pat Powelson
Membership Up In U S Church Records Surpass 100 Million
The National Council of Churches reports over 100 million members in the United States for the first time, with church membership rising 2.8 percent and population growth at 8 percent, indicating membership outpaced overall population gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St Luke Church School Opens and Graham Film Scheduled
The St Luke Episcopal Church on Atlantic Avenue near E7th Street reopens Sunday at 9 15 am with a family service. The school, led by Rev Edward Allen and supervised by Mrs Melvin Freed, serves ages 3 and up with a staff of 20 assisting 48 teachers and aides. A free screening of the Billy Graham film Eastward to Asia is set for 7 30 pm Thursday at Olive Hill Bethany Baptist Church to be followed by guest ministers at Grace and East Side Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
Episcopal Church
Atlantic Ave
Edward P. Allen
Melvin Freed
Freed
Charles F. Yoder
Ipastor
Belmont Heights
Billy Graham
Asia
Olive Hill Bethany Baptist Church
E. Hill St
Dwight
Bennett
Grace Methodist Church
Sun‘East Side Christian Church
Foursquare
Chi Rho
Peter
Fente
Forum on World Affairs Set Sunday
Dr Reuben F Pieters minister of First Presbyterian Church announces a series titled Todays World. Municipal Judge and Mrs Martin DeVries returning from Africa will open with Men Building Empires at 7:30 p m Sunday. Subsequent talks include The Shadow of the Cross in Bush and Veldt on Sept 23 and Outside the Iron Curtain plus Behind the Iron Curtain with Dr Wallace Moore and Mrs Moore on Sept 30 and Oct 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Pieters
Willard A
Martin DeVries
Africa
Reuben F. Pieters
First Presbyterian Church
Bush
Wallace Moore
State College
Moore
Europe
Presbyterian Church hosts large Deep Pit Barbecue at Lakewood
The First Presbyterian Church at 3955 Stude Baker Rd hosts its third annual Deep Pit Bar-B-Q on the church lot. A pit six feet deep and eighteen feet long was prepared over two months and filled with beef to be barbecued for 18 hours. About 600 members in the congregation led by Rev Norbert B Moke organized the event with a county fair sale, carnival rides, and special raffle draws by the Women’s Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Lakewood
Tom Rodgers
Jack Davidson
Don Dagert
First Presbyterian Church
Peepee
Stude
Seebaker Rd
Women's Assn
Shared
Norbert B. Moke
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Christ Jesus
Elmer Gray
Paul, John
Mrs. Gray
Jim
Wife
Herp
Richard B. Molter
Missionary Leaves
St. Luke Church
Graham
DH. Loren Bowman
Church of the Brethren
Magnolia Ave
R. H. Robertson
Philadelphia
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pacific Ave
Paul
Reuben
College Park Church
Palo Verde Ave
Marita St
The
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Emerson G. Hangen
Ralph L. Mayberry
Fasadena Nazarene College
First Church of the Nazarene
Mark F. Smith
Calvary Quartet
Charles W. Mayes
Pasadena College
First Brethren Church
Southern California Council of American Baptist Men
San Bernardino Mountains
Louis H. Evans
Evans
National Board of Missions
Presbyterian Church
Frank M. Kepner
Southern California Baptist Convention
Baptist
Forum On World Affairs
Mayfair
Southern Baptist Chapel
Rooravert School
Clark Ave
Praver & Sorenon
Tweety
Fielv
Sian
Kabc Keen Rxua
Broadcast
Long Beach Municipal
Long Beach Church OF Religious Science
Cerritos Ebell Theater
A.M
John Hefferlin
Wnisrer
Mark Twain School
Slack and
Centralia
Eileen Stavens
Autor
Dir
Stevens
KFOX
Spencer
Tabernacle
Fay Spence
Gil
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Churches of Christ, Scientist
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Marsechusetts First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Etre Avenue
First Church
KFOR
Church OF Christ
Coder Avenue
Seventh Straat Surdey
Third Church OF Christ, Scientist
Enid Third Street
Fourth Church OF Christ, Scientist
Church OF My Scientist
Second Street
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Locust Avenue
Wost
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Atlantic Avenue
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Sorin
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